Comments on Biparental Inheritance of Mitochondrial DNA in Humans

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/11/21/1810946115

The above article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America has resulted in a major response and may ultimately have a dramatic effect on genetics around the world. Although the article has only been available for a matter of days, here are some of the news stories it has generated since the article was published one day ago on November 26, 2018,

• Radical Findings Show Mitochondrial DNA Can Be Inherited From Dads
• Males can pass on mitochondrial DNA
• Paternal Inheritance of Mitochondrial DNA | NEJM
• Dads, Too, Can Pass on Mitochondrial DNA | NOVA | PBS | NOVA | PBS

Since the concept that mitochondrial or mtDNA inheritance occurs only through the maternal line is central to genealogical testing and to the theory of mitochondrial Eve, there are likely to be a lot of consequences as these new findings are explored more fully. Stay tuned.